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Meaning of smile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈsmaɪl

Definitions

  1. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
  2. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety
  3. A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision.
  4. Favour; propitious regard.
    figuratively
  5. Favour; propitious regard
  6. To express with a smile: Grandmother smiled her consent.
  7. A drink bought by one person for another.
    dated, slang
  8. A drink bought by one person for another
  9. To have (a smile) on one's face
  10. A facial expression marked by an upward curving of the lips:grin.
  11. To express by smiling
  12. To curve the lips upward in expressing amusement, pleasure, or happiness:beam, grin.
  13. To lend supportive approval to:countenance, encourage, favor.
  14. to show pleasure, amusement etc by turning up the corners of the mouth. He smiled warmly at her as he shook hands; They all smiled politely at the joke; He asked her what she was smiling at. glimlag إبْتِسامَه усмихвам се sorrir usmívat se lächeln smile χαμογελώsonreír naeratama, naerma لبخند زدن hymyillä sourire לְחַייֵך मुस्कराना smiješiti se, osmjehnuti se mosolyog tersenyum brosa sorridere ほほえむ 미소 짓다 šypsotis smaidīt senyum glimlachensmileuśmiechać się موسكا، مسېدنه، خندا، مسكېدل، مسېدل، ...
    etc
  15. an act of smiling, or the resulting facial expression. `How do you do?' he said with a smile; the happy smiles of the children. glimlag إبْتِسام، تَبَسُّم усмивка sorriso úsměv das Lächeln smil χαμόγελοsonrisa naeratus لبخند hymy sourireחיוך मुस्कान osmijeh, smiješak mosoly senyuman bros sorriso 微笑 미소 šypsena smaids senyuman glimlachsmiluśmiech موسكا sorriso zâm­bet, surâs улыбка úsmev nasmeh osmeh leende รอยยิ้ม gülümseme 微笑,喜色 усмішка, посмішка مسکراہٹ nụ cười 微笑,喜色
  16. a happy, smiling face. glimlag مُبْتَسِم смеещ се risonho úsměvný lächelnd smilende χαμογελαστόςsonriente naerune خندان hymyilevä souriant מְחַייֵך मुस्कराता हुआ nasmiješen, nasmijan mosolygó(s) tersenyum brosandi sorridente ほほえんだ 미소 띤 besišypsantis smaidošs senyum glimlachendsmilende, bliduśmiechnięty په خندا، په موسكا risonho zâm­bitor, surâ­zător улыбающийся úsmevný nasmejan nasmejan leende ยิ้มแย้ม gülümseyen 帶笑的 усміхнений مسکراتا ہوا چہرا tươi cười, hớn hở 带笑的
  17. to be, or look, very happy. He was all smiles when he heard the good news. baie bly يبدو سَعيدا، كُلُّه إبْتِسامات изглеждам много щастлив ser todo sorrisos být samý úsměv über das ganze Gesicht strahlen lutter smil είμαι όλο χαμόγελα ser todo sonrisas nägu särab (õnnest) شاد بودن olla pelkkää hymyä être tout sourire שָׂמֵח מאוֹד खुश, प्रसन्न मुद्रा, अति प्रसन्न smiješiti se cijelim licem csupa mosoly sangat gembira vera eitt bros essere tutto sorrisi/sorridente 大喜びの 싱글벙글 웃다 šypsotis iki ausų...
  18. sonrisa; v. sonreír; smiling;a. risueño-a.

Equivalents

Afrikaans glimlag
አማርኛ ፈገግታ
বাংলা হাসি
Bosanski broš
Català somrís somriure
Cymraeg gwên gwenu
Dansk smil smile
Deutsch Lächeln Lachla
Esperanto rideti rideto
Español sonreír sonrisa
Euskara irri irribarre
Suomi hymy hymyillä
Français smile sourire
Galego sorrir sorriso
ગુજરાતી મલકવું
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi minoʻaka
עברית חיוך
Hrvatski broš
Magyar mosoly mosolyog
Հայերեն ժպիտ ժպտալ
Bahasa Indonesia senyum senyuman tersenyum
Íslenska bros brosa
Italiano sorridere sorriso
Қазақша күлкі
ខ្មែរ ញញឹម
Kurdî gwên le tebessum
Кыргызча күлүмсүрөө
Lëtzebuergesch laachen
ລາວ ຍິ້ມ
Lietuvių šypsena šypsotis
Latviešu smaidīt smaids
मराठी हास्य
Bahasa Melayu senyum
Malti tbissem
မြန်မာဘာသာ ပြု အပြုံး
Nederlands glimlach glimlachen lach smuilen
Português sorrir sorriso
Română surâde surâs zâmbet zâmbi
Slovenščina nasmeh
Српски broš
Svenska le leende smil
Kiswahili kicheko tabasamu
தமிழ் புன்னகை
తెలుగు చిరునవ్వు
ไทย ยิ้ม
Tagalog ngiti ngumiti
ئۇيغۇرچە تەبەسسۈم
Tiếng Việt cười cươi cười mỉm
Yorùbá erin rẹrin-in

Examples

“She's got a perfect smile.”
“He has a sinister smile.”
“She had a smile on her face.”
“He always puts a smile on my face.”
“Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.[…]She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid[…]Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor.”
“Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.”
“the smile of the gods”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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